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Nature, 

 _ June iS, 1903 



Aeronautical Balloon Ascents in July, August, and Septem- 

 ber, Dr. Hergesell, 135; of October 2 and November 6, 

 1902, Dr. Hergesell, 326; of December 4, Dr. Hergesell, 

 398; of January 9, 444; of February 5, 519; Photo- 

 graphs of Halos and rarhelia, Dr. A. Sprung, 13 ; Re- 

 port on the Rainfall of South Australia, 13 ; Rainfall 

 during the Past Winter in South Australia, Sir Charles 

 Todd, 209; Rainfall of Dominica, C. V. Bellamy, 119; 

 Madras Rainfall and the Frequency of Sun-spots, M. B. 

 Subha Rao, 326; Indian Rainfall, Dr. William J. S. 

 Lockyer, 394 ; Rainfall for 1902 in the British Islands, 

 469 ; Rain-chart of Westphalia, Prof. G. Hellman, 469 ; 

 the Duration of Rainfall, J. Baxendell, 598 ; Table of Rain- 

 fall Extremes at Camden Square for Fo'rtv Years, 1858-97, 

 616; Diurnal Movements of the Atmosphere at Hamburg,' 

 Prof. J. Schneider, 13 ; Forecast Work of the U.s! 

 Weather Bureau, 13 ; Atlantic Forecasts of the U.S. 

 Weather Bureau, 36; the Meteorology of the Ben Nevis 

 Observatories, Dr. W. X. Shaw, F.R.S., 61 ; Wet or Cool 

 Summers and Severe Winters, 63 ; Meteorological Observa- 

 tories and Agriculture in U.S.A., 65; Summer and Win- 

 ter, 81 ; Severe Snowfall in Piedmont, Prof. Guido Cora 

 86; Wind Charts for the Coastal Regions of South 

 America, South of the Equator, 87 ; Report of the 

 Meteorological Department of India for 1901-2 87- 

 Atmospheric Hydrogen, A. Leduc, 96 ; Aurora Borealis in 

 Norway, Prof. M. Tromholt, 112; Relation between the 

 Moon s Motion in Declination and the Quantity of Rain in 

 New South Wales, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 114; Roval 

 Meteorological Society, 119, iqi, 31,, 40 6, 502, 598- 

 English Climatology, 1881-1900, F. Campbell Bayard no- 

 Chmatological Table for the British Empire for 1901 ' 252 : 

 the Weather for Week ending December n ' 135' 

 Weather for Week Ending April 2, 5.8; the Week's 

 \\eather, April 23, 591 : Weekly Weather Report 277- 

 Meteorology at Great Altitudes, A. Lawrence Rotch 137 •' 

 Importance of Aeronautics for Meteorological Researches' 

 Dr. von Bezold, 138; International Aeronautical Experi- 

 ments for the Scientific Exploration of the Atmosphere 

 Prof. Hergesell, 138; Preliminary Results Attained with 

 Kites Ballons-sondcs, and Manned Balloons during the 

 Past Five \ ears in Russia, General Rvkatchef, 138- Re- 

 sults of Observations of the Decrease of Temperature in 

 the High Atmosphere, M. Teisserenc de Bort 139 • Ob- 

 servations of the Berlin Aeronautical Observatory Prof 

 Assmann, 139 ; Registration Balloon of Caoutchouc' Prof 

 Assmann, 139 ; Sensitive Thermometer for Registration 

 Balloons, M. Teisserenc de Bort, 139 ; Exploration of the 

 Atmosphere over the Ocean by Kites and Kite Stations 

 A. L. Rotch ; 139 ; Results Obtained from Continuous 

 Soundings of the Atmosphere, M. Teisserenc de Bort 140 • 

 Atmospheric Carriers of Electricity, Prof. Ebert ' 140 '• 

 Secular Changes of Climate, Prof. T. G. Bonney F R S ' 

 150: St. Elmo's Fire during Snow Storm, Charles' Dibden' 

 174 1 Germs in Space, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 103 • Prof' 

 w u'-r , A - C T ockere ". '"3: Lord Kelvin, 181 ; Recent 

 High Tides in Leeward Islands, Possibly Connected with 

 Late \olcamc Disturbances, Francis Watts, 181; Climate 

 of Cyprus C. V. Bellamy, ,9, ; Eclipse Cyclone of IQ on 

 at-'„ » K- ton ' I9I; Rp(pnt Dust Storms in Australia 

 Will. A. Dixon, 203; H. Stuart Dove, 203; the Dust 

 Storms of February 22-23, 5* ' I International Conference 

 on Weather-Shooting, 213; the Similarity of the Short- 

 Period Barometric Pressure Variations over Large Areas 

 Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., and William J. si 

 Lockyer, 224 ; a Contribution to Cosmical Meteorology 

 Prof. Frank H Bigelow, 225; Climate of the Coast of 

 Iceland, M. Willaume-Jantzen, 23! ; Pilot Charts of the 

 Meteorological Office, 235 ; Sun-spots and Summer Heat 

 Alex. B MacDowall, 247 ; Relationships between Sun- 

 spots and Ierrestri.il Magnetism, Dr. C. Chree FRS 

 381 ; Solar Prominences and Spot Circulation, 1872-1901' 

 Sir Norman Lockyer. F.R.S., and Dr. William I. s! 

 Lockyer, 5 6q ; Daily Rotation of the Mean Wind Direc- 

 tion and on a Semi-Diurnal Oscillation of the Atmosphere 

 or, Mountain Peaks, Dr. J. Hann, 303; Obituary Notice 

 of Joseph Chavanne, 303 ; Killing of Trout bv Lightning- 

 304. 327 : Method of Kite-flying from a Steam Vessel and 

 Meteorological Observations obtained thereby off Scot- 

 land, W. H. Dines, 311 ; Remarkable Meteorological 

 Phenomena ,n Australia, H. J. Jensen, 344; Death and 



Obituary Notice of James Glaisher, F.R.S., 34S ; Hurri- 

 cane and Great Wave at the Society Islands, 349 ; Peculiar- 

 ity of Lightning Flashes, Herr von Szalay, 350 ; Variation 

 of the Mean Velocity of the Wind in the Vertical, Axel 

 Egnell, 383 ; Fall of Coloured Dust on February 22-23, 

 Wm. Marriott, 391 ; Coloured Rain, 396; Analysis of the 

 "Red Rain" of February 22, Rowland A. Earp, 414; 

 Discoloured Rain, E. G. Clayton, 574; the Fata Morgana 

 of the Straits of Messina, 393 ; Effects of Frost in New 

 York on Elevated Railway, 397 ; the Canadian Climate, 

 R. F'. Stupart, 398; Variation of Precipitation at Salt 

 Lake City, L. H. Murdoch, 398; Ground Temperature 

 Observations at Manila, Father Algue, 398 ; Phenological 

 Observations for 1902, E. Mawley, 406; Heavy Sand- 

 storm at Sea near Canary Islands, 420 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Major-General C. J. B. Riddell, C.B., 

 F.R.S., 421 ; Disastrous Gales in the British Islands from 

 the Atlantic, 422 ; Unusually Cold Water during last 

 December in Mid-Ocean on the Transatlantic Steamer 

 Routes, 423 ; " White Water," 423 ; Solar Phenomena and 

 Meteorology, M. 1'AbbS Loisier, 447 ; Effects of the Gale of 

 February 26, Lord Rosse, F.R.S., 462 ; Hygrometric Deter- 

 minations, E. V. Windsor, 463 ; Remarkable Winters, 466 ; 

 the Recent Dust-fall on the Continent, 469 ; Sandstorm 

 at Sea off the African Coast, 491-2 ; State of the Ice in 

 the Arctic Seas in 1902, 494 ; the Accumulation of Meteor- 

 ological Observations, Prof. Schuster, F.R.S., 497 ; Prof. 

 Hann, 497 ; Storm of March 2, 1903, at Azores, M. Mas- 

 cart, 455 ; Transmission of Sound through the Atmo- 

 sphere, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 502 ; on the Diminution of 

 the Intensity of the Solar Radiation, Henri Dufour, 504; 

 Natural Law in Terrestrial Phenomena, Wm. Digby, 510; 

 Likelihood of a Great Ice Season, 521 ; the Southern Cross 

 Antarctic Expedition, 539; Commander Hepworth, 539 ; 

 Mr. Curtis, 539 ; Dr. W. N. Shaw, 539 ; the Connection 

 between the Movements of the Microseismic Pendulum 

 and Meteorological Phenomena, Dr. E. Mazelle, 542 ; 

 London Fog Inquiry, 1901-02, Captain Alfred Carpenter's 

 D.S.O. Report to the Meteorological Council, 548 ; the 

 Easter Inclement Weather, 564 ; Atmospheric Electricity 

 at the Summit of Mont Blanc, G. le Cadet, 575 ; Violent 

 Snowstorm in Prussia, Denmark, and Russia, 591 ; Death 

 of A. F. Osier, F.R.S., 615 ; Meteorology in British 

 South Africa, 616 ; Causes of Weather and Earthquakes, 

 Captain A. J. Cooper, 616; Atlantische Ozean, Supp. 

 February 5, 1903, vii 



Meteors : Leonid Meteors, 1902, a Forecast, John R. 

 Henry, 8; Leonids of 1902 and Quadrantids of 

 1903, John R. Henry, 29S ; the Leonid and Bielid Meteor- 

 showers of November, 1902, Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 

 103 ; a Sickle Leonid, G. Mackenzie Knight, 203 ; Ob- 

 servations of the Perseid Shower, Herr Koss, 114; Ob- 

 servations of the Perseids, August 10 and 11, 1902, Charles 

 P. Olivier, 2ti ; a Bright Meteor, C. J. Lacy, 307; Febru- 

 ary Meteors, Mr. Denning, 447 ; a Remarkable Meteor, 

 J. E. C. Liddle, 464, 487 ; the Quadrantids of 1903, G. 

 McKenzie Knight, 247 ; the Quadrantids, 1903 — a Coin- 

 cidence, W. H. Milligan, 535 ; Prof. A. S. Herschel, 

 F.R.S., 535; the Lvrid Meteors', John R. Henry, 584; 

 Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 584 



Meteoric Dusts, New South Wales, Prof. Liversidge, F.R.S., 



Meteorites : Free Phosphorus in the Saline Township 

 Meteorite, Oliver C. Farrington, 310; New South Wales 

 Meteorites, Prof. Liversidge, 312 ; a New South Wales 

 Meteorite, George W. Card, 345 ; Platinum and Iridum 

 Metals in Meteorites, Prof. Liversidge, F,R.S., 408 



Metz (G. de), the Modulus of Rigidity of Copal Varnish, 

 479-80 



Meunier (Louis), Action of Mixed Organo-magnesium com- 

 pounds on Bodies Containing Nitrogen, 528 



Meunier (Stanislas), Native Sulphur in the Sub-soil of the 

 Place de la R^publique in Paris, 119; La Geologie G£n£- 

 rale, 148 



Mexican Axolotl, the. Dr. Hans Gadow, F.R.S., 330 



Mexico: Eruption of Colima Volcano, 421, 443; Earth- 

 quake at Tuxpan, 421 



Meyer (Prof.), Circuit of Nitrogen, 21 



Meyer (Dr. G.), Erdmagnetische Untersuchungen itn 

 Kaiserstuhl, 187 



Meyerhofer (Prof.), Chemical Study of Carlsbad Springs, 20 



